13 SPIES EXECUTED
.SIX ESCAPE THE FULL PENALTY.
Particulars concerning tho number of people sentenced to death in England during the years 1911 to 1918 for treason espionage, and similar offences against the State were Bought recently by Major Christopher Lowther in the House of Commons. The Home 1 Secretary said that there were 19 death sentences and 13 execution?. The nationalities of convicted persons were:— jjnnmy (or origin) R ' Allied 2 Weutr.il 8 British t This return did not include cases which nrn=n in collection with the Irish Rebellion in 191!'. Major Tjowther: How many women were sentenced to death last year?— Nine, and in each rase the sentence was commuted.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 271, 12 August 1919, Page 7
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11213 SPIES EXECUTED Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 271, 12 August 1919, Page 7
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